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Old 03-16-2010, 03:44 PM
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Question Where to find insturctions on DIY fender eliminator?

Hello all, i am new to this site. I have seen some threads showing how to create a fender eliminator kit for a 01 - 03 f4i. I cant seem to find it, can someone post the link?

Also, i am looking into a slip on for my 01 f4i. What is a good low throaty pipe? any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Lastly...i have been using shell rotella T 5w-40 synthetic after i read about people on here using it. I couldnt be more pleased. Great stuff.
 
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Old 03-16-2010, 03:55 PM
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Yoshi TRS for the win!!! Then chop it down!
 
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Old 03-16-2010, 04:00 PM
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ask and you shall receive....

So myself and a friend decided to try and make our own fender eliminators and they turned out pretty good. He has the integrated tail light and i have aftermarket rear blinkers, it works for both just needed an extra couple brackets for the blinkers. This isn't the best walkthrough but you should get the jist of it. Some pictures are included to help

Initially i had just hacked the fender off as high as i could and that worked for a while...until i got the itch to work on the bike again.

Started by taking off the rear seat cowling and laying flat on a piece of cardboard and tracing the inside of the bottom (knowing that we would have to leave an extra 3/8" or so outside that line for the final cut) then put that aside and looked at where to cut the fender off at so that the tool carrier and my powercommander would still have something solid to sit on. We also had to look at where the brake light was mounted because it is important that the light sit in the same position once you cut the mounting plastic away. It took some trial and error for the brackets but it eventually fit. Then it came to cutting the plastic....

There is a point at which the fender protruding from the cowl meets the cowl and it just so happens to be flat there so it made for a perfect mounting spot for the license plate bracket.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39058035@N06/3594031468/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39058035@N06/3592303806/

We used a dremmel and cut the fender off leaving some of the plastic pointing towards the rear to sandwich our new undertail with the cowling.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39058035@N06/3592304994/

Then we mounted the light with the previously made brackets and checked to make sure it was in the correct position by putting the cowling back on and making sure the light matched the contours exactly they way it do when it was stock
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39058035@N06/3592307558/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39058035@N06/3592306412/

Once the light was in place we could take the cardboard and start to do a little more tracing for the cut-out of the light, this also took some trial and error before we got the perfect fit. Then we took a piece of stainless 1 1/2" by 7" (the width of my license plate) and bent it at an angle so it would be perpendicular to the bottom of the cowling. Then cut a slit in the cardboard to accomadate the bracket. Then once all the cuts we made and the cardboard looked like it was going to fit we cut it out of plastic, prob 1/16" thick (thought it was gonna be flimsy but once it was in place was actually quite rigid. Oh we had to stop the plastic right behind the rear set of pegs and bend it up with two folds to bring it up to the existing fender(we attached it here with a plastic trim clip)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39058035@N06/3592308896/

This is what the inside of the rear seat looks like
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39058035@N06/3592300932/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39058035@N06/3592302628/

This is the final product
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39058035@N06/3592299292/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39058035@N06/3591493035/

heres also the link

https://cbrforum.com/forum/showthrea...made+undertail

i dont take credit for this...
 
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Old 03-16-2010, 04:08 PM
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thanks guys!! and from what ive seen Yoshi is the way to go. The TRS that is.
 
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two brothers or die.
 
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by xjoewhitex
two brothers or die.
custom or die
 
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Originally Posted by zmds18
custom or die
You and your custom.. I will believe it when I see it son.
 
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:28 PM
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oh trust me ull see it.... and unfortunately for my apartment neighbors they will have to hear it at 7 in the morning.... thank goodness cops in this town dont give exhaust tickets..
 
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Old 03-17-2010, 10:09 PM
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Hey Nick -
Here's pictures of how mine came out from the instructions I sent you.









Here's where I mounted the electric trunk release motor and button:



 
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Thanks for asking about this DIY FE cuz I wanna do this on my F4.. Actually to get my race cowl to fit I kind of have to make an FE kit.. Thanks for the pix __Z__ it def helped the process start
 


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